Flask Material Kit
Open-Source
seed project generated by AppSeed in Django Framework on top of Material Kit design. Designed for those who like bold elements and beautiful websites, Material Kit 2 is ready to help you create stunning websites and web apps. Material Kit 2
is built with over 60 frontend individual elements, like buttons, inputs, navbars, nav tabs, cards, or alerts, giving you the freedom of choosing and combining.
Features:
Up-to-date dependencies
: Flask 2.0.1- SCSS compilation via Gulp
- UI Kit: Material Dashboard - v3.0.0 (Bootstrap 5 Version) by Creative-Tim
- SQLite database, Flask-SQLAlchemy ORM
- Session-Based auth flow (login, register)
Deployment
: Docker, Gunicorn / Nginx, Heroku- Support via Github (issues tracker) and Discord.
Links
-
👉 Flask Material Kit - product page -
👉 Flask Material Kit - LIVE Demo
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Quick Start in Docker
Get the code
$ git clone https://github.com/app-generator/flask-material-kit.git
$ cd flask-material-kit
Start the app in Docker
$ docker-compose up --build
Visit http://localhost:85
in your browser. The app should be up & running.
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Build from sources
$ # Clone the sources
$ git clone https://github.com/app-generator/flask-material-kit.git
$ cd flask-material-kit
$
$ # Virtualenv modules installation (Unix based systems)
$ virtualenv env
$ source env/bin/activate
$
$ # Virtualenv modules installation (Windows based systems)
$ # virtualenv env
$ # .\env\Scripts\activate
$
$ # Install requirements
$ pip3 install -r requirements.txt
$
$ # Set the FLASK_APP environment variable
$ (Unix/Mac) export FLASK_APP=run.py
$ (Windows) set FLASK_APP=run.py
$ (Powershell) $env:FLASK_APP = ".\run.py"
$
$ # Set up the DEBUG environment
$ # (Unix/Mac) export FLASK_ENV=development
$ # (Windows) set FLASK_ENV=development
$ # (Powershell) $env:FLASK_ENV = "development"
$
$ # Run the application
$ # --host=0.0.0.0 - expose the app on all network interfaces (default 127.0.0.1)
$ # --port=5000 - specify the app port (default 5000)
$ flask run --host=0.0.0.0 --port=5000
$
$ # Access the app in browser: http://127.0.0.1:5000/
Note: To use the app, please access the registration page and create a new user. After authentication, the app will unlock the private pages.
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Code-base structure
The project has a super simple structure, represented as bellow:
< PROJECT ROOT >
|
|-- app/
| |-- static/
| | |-- <css, JS, images> # CSS files, Javascripts files
| |
| |-- templates/
| | |
| | |-- includes/ # Page chunks, components
| | | |
| | | |-- navigation.html # Top bar
| | | |-- sidebar.html # Left sidebar
| | | |-- scripts.html # JS scripts common to all pages
| | | |-- footer.html # The common footer
| | |
| | |-- layouts/ # App Layouts (the master pages)
| | | |
| | | |-- base.html # Used by common pages like index, UI
| | | |-- base-fullscreen.html # Used by auth pages (login, register)
| | |
| | |-- accounts/ # Auth Pages (login, register)
| | | |
| | | |-- login.html # Use layout `base-fullscreen.html`
| | | |-- register.html # Use layout `base-fullscreen.html`
| | |
| | |-- home/ # UI Kit Pages
| | |-- index.html # Index page
| | |-- 404-page.html # 404 page
| | |-- *.html # All other pages
| |
| config.py # Provides APP Configuration
| forms.py # Defines Forms (login, register)
| models.py # Defines app models
| views.py # Application Routes
|
|-- Dockerfile # Deployment
|-- docker-compose.yml # Deployment
|-- gunicorn-cfg.py # Deployment
|-- nginx # Deployment
| |-- appseed-app.conf # Deployment
|
|-- requirements.txt
|-- run.py
|
|-- ************************************************************************
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Recompile CSS
To recompile SCSS files, follow this setup:
Step #1 - Install tools
Step #2 - Change the working directory to assets
folder
$ cd app/static/assets
Step #3 - Install modules (this will create a classic node_modules
directory)
$ npm install
// OR
$ yarn
Step #4 - Edit & Recompile SCSS files
$ gulp scss
The generated file is saved in static/assets/css
directory.
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Deployment
The app is provided with a basic configuration to be executed in Docker, Heroku, Gunicorn, and Waitress.
Heroku
Steps to deploy on Heroku
- Create a FREE account on Heroku platform
- Install the Heroku CLI that match your OS: Mac, Unix or Windows
- Open a terminal window and authenticate via
heroku login
command - Clone the sources and push the project for LIVE deployment
$ # Clone the source code:
$ git clone https://github.com/app-generator/flask-material-kit.git
$ cd flask-material-kit
$
$ # Check Heroku CLI is installed
$ heroku -v
heroku/7.25.0 win32-x64 node-v12.13.0 # <-- All good
$
$ # Check Heroku CLI is installed
$ heroku login
$ # this commaond will open a browser window - click the login button (in browser)
$
$ # Create the Heroku project
$ heroku create
$
$ # Trigger the LIVE deploy
$ git push heroku master
$
$ # Open the LIVE app in browser
$ heroku open
Gunicorn
Gunicorn 'Green Unicorn' is a Python WSGI HTTP Server for UNIX.
Install using pip
$ pip install gunicorn
Start the app using gunicorn binary
$ gunicorn --bind 0.0.0.0:8001 run:app
Serving on http://localhost:8001
Visit http://localhost:8001
in your browser. The app should be up & running.
Waitress
Waitress (Gunicorn equivalent for Windows) is meant to be a production-quality pure-Python WSGI server with very acceptable performance. It has no dependencies except ones that live in the Python standard library.
Install using pip
$ pip install waitress
Start the app using waitress-serve
$ waitress-serve --port=8001 run:app
Serving on http://localhost:8001
Visit http://localhost:8001
in your browser. The app should be up & running.
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Credits & Links
- Flask Framework - The official website
- Boilerplate Code - Index provided by AppSeed
- Boilerplate Code - Index published on Github
Flask Material Kit - Provided by AppSeed App Generator.